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Three open bento lunch boxes filled with turkey pinwheels, cottage cheese, cucumber coins, seeded crackers and cherry tomatoes on a light oak counter.
Alex

High Protein Adult Lunchable (Master Formula)

The four-slot base box: protein, crunch, fresh and dip. No cooking, no microwave, about 37g of protein and 10 minutes of assembly.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 1 box
Calories: 430
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3 oz canned tuna drained; or cooked chicken breast
  • 1/2 cup cottage cheese no salt added
  • 5 seeded whole-grain crackers packed separately
  • 1/2 cup cucumber sliced into coins
  • 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp Greek yogurt ranch or hummus

Method
 

  1. Fill the protein slot. Drain the tuna well and spoon it into the largest compartment alongside the cottage cheese. Together they carry about 34g of protein.
  2. Fill the crunch slot. Put the crackers in their own sealed compartment or a small bag inside the box. This is the step that decides whether the box survives to day four.
  3. Fill the fresh slot with cucumber coins and cherry tomatoes.
  4. Add the dip in a lidded cup. Refrigerate up to 4 days. Mash the tuna into the cottage cheese right before eating.

Notes

Swap deli meat for home-roasted chicken and use no-salt-added cottage cheese to keep the box under 200 mg of sodium. A deli-meat build with regular cottage cheese lands near 1,100 mg.